Dulcken (harpsichord maker)
Four members of the Flemish Dulcken family were harpsichord makers from Germany .
Johannes Daniel Dulcken (April 21, 1706 - April 11, 1757) was born in Wingeshausen as the son of Georg Ludwig Dulcken. His father died there before 1752. In 1736 Johannes Daniel lived in Maastricht , but two years later he moved with his wife Susanna Maria Knopffell and their son to Antwerp , where they became members of the Calvinist Church . In 1744 he became Alderman . He traveled to England in 1750 to sell two harpsichords. In his will he bequeathed his materials for making harpsichords to his son Johannes Dulcken. Johannes Daniel died in Antwerp. The English music historian Charles Burney wrote that the best harpsichord maker after the Ruckers family was J. D. Dulcken.
He built harpsichords with one or two manuals, usually with a range of five octaves and the usual three registers , two 8 'and one 4'. He decorated the body with flowers and engraved his initials on a rose. His harpsichords were based on those of the Ruckers family, but had a larger range. They often served as models for modern reproductions, for example by Martin Skowroneck . Instruments that are still preserved today are in collections around the world and date from the mid-18th century.
Johan Lodewijk [Louis] Dulcken I (1733 - after 1793) was born in Maastricht as the eldest son of Johannes Daniel Dulcken. He learned the craft of making harpsichords from his father and started his own business in Amsterdam in 1755 . He later became known as an organ builder . From 1783 he lived in Paris as a piano maker . He changed his name to the French spelling Louis Dulcken . He still has harpsichords and pianos today.
Johannes Dulcken (September 10, 1742 - July 22, 1775) was born in Antwerp. His father was Johannes Daniel Dulcken. After his death, he moved to Brussels with his mother, sister and brother-in-law in 1764 , where he opened a workshop as a harpsichord maker. Instruments from him that were built in 1764 and 1769 have survived. He moved to Amsterdam in 1771 and died in The Hague .
Johann Ludwig Dulcken II (August 9, 1761 - after 1835) was born in Amsterdam and named after his father, the first Johann Lodewijk Dulcken. He was the grandson of Johannes Daniel Dulcken. He got into the family business and in 1781 he became a mechanical court piano maker at the court in Munich , where he lived until his death. He was last mentioned in 1835. His daughters were the pianists Sophie Dulcken Bohrer and Fanny Bohrer; his daughter-in-law the pianist Louise Dulcken .
literature
- Jeannine Lambrechts-Douillez: Dulcken. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- A. Curtis: Dutch Harpsichord Makers , TVNM, (1960–1961)
- AJ Gierveld: The Harpsichord and Clavichord in the Dutch Republic , TVNM, (1981)
- J. Lambrechts-Douillez: The History of Harpsichord Making in Antwerp [sic] in the 18th Century , Studia
Web links
- Description and picture of a harpsichord by Johann Daniel Dulcken from 1755 in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Individual evidence
- ^ Bohrer, Familie (Louise, Fanny and Sophie) - Sophie Drinker Institute. Retrieved December 27, 2018 .